“Computer specialists at the University of North Carolina’s flagship campus say a hacker may have accessed the personal data of 236,000 women in a mammography research study. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that the Social Security numbers of more than half of the stu...

“Social networks can be scary places that cause many companies to debate whether to continue supporting social network access for employees at the office. But keeping a company safe from potential security issues isn’t as hard as it might appear. Here are 10 ways to make social network a...

“A Russian security group has posted a detailed blog post (translation here) about how they managed to extract the source code to over 3,300 websites. The group found that some of the largest and best known domains on the web, such as apache.org and php.net, amongst others, are vulnerable to a...

“A bill to require the president to assess the government’s cybersecurity workforce, including an agency-by-agency skills assessment, cleared a House panel on Wednesday. The legislation also would order the White House to evaluate the pool of available cybersecurity talent and any barrie...

“While he was running for president, candidate Barack Obama promised to make cyber security a priority in his administration. So much for promises. To his credit, President Obama has been working on this issue. In February, he commissioned a cyberspace policy review led by Melissa Hathaway. In...

“A D.C. government technology worker has pleaded guilty for her role in a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scam that rocked the city’s computer office and once threatened to unseat President Obama’s top technology official. Tawanna Sellmon, a project manager in the District’s...

“A former prison inmate at Plymouth County Correctional Facility pleaded guilty to the federal crime of damaging the prison’s computer systems. Acting US Attorney Michael K. Loucks and Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Boston Field Division ann...

“British intelligence agency MI5 has hired many teenage hackers for its new secret operation to combat cyber terrorism. At least 50 new computer-savvy hackers, including many teenagers, have been roped in the newly formed Cyber Operations Command, and they had to sign the Official Secrets Act,...

“Mayor Bill Finch was surrounded Monday by Iranian Internet hackers. Not literally, but the mayor’s photo at the center of the city’s official Web site was sandwiched between the phrase, ‘Hacked by KiAnPhP from Iran.’ The cyber graffiti was posted Monday morning by Inte...